Batman faces a new enemy unlike any he has faced before. The faceless foe plunges Gotham City into chaos on the night of the anniversary of Bruce Wayne’s parents’ murder. Who is responsible for unleashing havoc on Gotham City? The truth will be revealed.
A brand-new villain for the Batman universe: Sin Tzu, cunning master of strategy and martial arts, makes history as the first Batman character to debut in a video game. To commemorate this event, DC Comics and Warner Bros. have showcased the talents of veteran scriptwriter Flint Dille and renown comic book artist, Jim Lee as Sin Tzu's co-creators and character designers.
2-Player simultaneous action: Battle the evil forces of Gotham City by yourself or with a friend. Two Players can fight the forces of evil as the Dynamic Duo, Batman and Robin; or choose to control Nightwing or Batgirl!
Four infamous super-villains: Battle Batman's most infamous enemies including Bane, Clayface, Scarecrow and the new formidable foe - Sin Tzu, all appearing for the first time in a videogame.
Batman's gadgets: Utilize Batman’s arsenal such as the Batarang, Grappling Hook, and Smoke Bombs.
35 Batman attacks: Topple Sin Tzu's soldiers of crime with more than 35 martial arts moves and combos.
12 levels: Defend Gotham City through the Gotham City Docks, Crime Alley, and Arkham Asylum.
Secret Agent Barbie
Media type: Games Release date: October 11, 2002
Team up with Secret Agent Barbie on a new, super spy adventure as she trails an international thief! Emeralds, rubies and diamonds are disappearing all over the world and the clues point to one crafty crook...but why would the mysterious villain be taking royal jewels? Help Barbie keep her cover, track the culprit and unravel the perilous plot. Play to the final challenge and stop the evil mastermind for good! Avaliable on Game Boy Advance.
Kingdom Hearts
Media type: Games Release date: September 20, 2002
Ever wondered what would happen if the worlds of Final Fantasy and Disney collided? It’s an odd concept to be sure, but from the most schizophrenic of acorns the mighty gaming oak of Kingdom Hearts has grown. Legendary role-playing game makers Square have been given unprecedented liberties with the entire Disney universe and have created a game featuring everything from The Nightmare Before Christmas to The Little Mermaid. This is odd enough in itself when you have characters as disparate as Tarzan and Donald Duck teaming up, but becomes majorly freaky when Square thrown in a variety of their own characters such as Cloud, Squall, and Aeris from the various Final Fantasy games. But this incongruity has one side benefit in that the storyline behind the game is by necessity rather vague, which seems to have stopped Square from filling three CDs full of their usual New Age whining about Mother Earth. Instead they’ve spent even more time on the graphics, and the end result is a quite stunning 3-D cartoon.
As for the gameplay, it may come as a surprise to learn that it doesn’t actually feature, as all the Final Fantasy games do, turn-based combat. Instead it's essentially a scrolling beat-'em-up-cum-platformer with exactly the kind of complicated Square-style knobs you’d expect. The game may be a little shallow, but it’s an impressive artistic achievement and to be quite frank any title that allows you to magically summon Bambi out of thin air to attack evil demons of the underworld has got to be worth some sort of recommendation.
